April 5 street date. Ryan Lott's first two releases as Son Lux, "At War With Walls & Mazes" and "We Are Rising", document one of the most compelling musicians of the 21st century finding a distinctive creative voice, while making strikingly original music along the way. Eleven years after his debut as Son Lux, Joyful Noise Recordings is reissuing the works on vinyl. In the last few years, Son Lux has shifted from Lott's singular vision into a three-piece ensemble featuring virtuoso musicians Ian Chang on drums, and Rafiq Bhatia on guitar. But Lott's initial Son Lux recordings still point toward an exciting musical future that contemporary pop music has yet to realize.
April 5 street date. Ryan Lott's first two releases as Son Lux, "At War With Walls & Mazes" and "We Are Rising", document one of the most compelling musicians of the 21st century finding a distinctive creative voice, while making strikingly original music along the way. Eleven years after his debut as Son Lux, Joyful Noise Recordings is reissuing the works on vinyl. In the last few years, Son Lux has shifted from Lott's singular vision into a three-piece ensemble featuring virtuoso musicians Ian Chang on drums, and Rafiq Bhatia on guitar. But Lott's initial Son Lux recordings still point toward an exciting musical future that contemporary pop music has yet to realize.
April 5 street date. Ryan Lott's first two releases as Son Lux, "At War With Walls & Mazes" and "We Are Rising", document one of the most compelling musicians of the 21st century finding a distinctive creative voice, while making strikingly original music along the way. Eleven years after his debut as Son Lux, Joyful Noise Recordings is reissuing the works on vinyl. In the last few years, Son Lux has shifted from Lott's singular vision into a three-piece ensemble featuring virtuoso musicians Ian Chang on drums, and Rafiq Bhatia on guitar. But Lott's initial Son Lux recordings still point toward an exciting musical future that contemporary pop music has yet to realize.
April 5 street date. Ryan Lott's first two releases as Son Lux, "At War With Walls & Mazes" and "We Are Rising", document one of the most compelling musicians of the 21st century finding a distinctive creative voice, while making strikingly original music along the way. Eleven years after his debut as Son Lux, Joyful Noise Recordings is reissuing the works on vinyl. In the last few years, Son Lux has shifted from Lott's singular vision into a three-piece ensemble featuring virtuoso musicians Ian Chang on drums, and Rafiq Bhatia on guitar. But Lott's initial Son Lux recordings still point toward an exciting musical future that contemporary pop music has yet to realize.
August 4 street date. The official soundtrack for "Everything Everywhere All At Once". The album is an explosion of hear-it-to-believe-it collaborations. The most ambitious project to date for experimental trio Son Lux, the 49 track album is fit not only for the screen - scoring the action packed, and deeply moving film - but as an independent album. It's a feat of musical prowess, combining the signature electronic feel of Son Lux with ornaments of brilliant instrumentation. The features, all anchored by Son Lux's compositions, include a Mitski & David Byrne duet, vocals from Moses Sumney and Randy Newman, and flute from the legendary André Benjamin.
August 11 street date. "Alternate Forms" is a track-by-track reworking of Academy Award and BAFTA nominees Son Lux's critically acclaimed breakthrough 2013 album "Lanterns". The opening track on Alternate Forms, Kishi Bashi's "Alternate World (Alternate Life)", sets the tone for the entire album. Kishi Bashi has radically reimagined the song in his own voice, creating a wholly new mood and arrangement, laced with his signature pop magic. Son Lux and Kishi Bashi were label-mates at Joyful Noise Recordings at the time of the release of "Lanterns". Both artists share an uncommon ability to create sweeping symphonic landscapes in the confined space of a 4-minute pop song - as you'll hear on "Alternate World (Alternate Life)".